Written by Andrea Kemp
The WELLIES Project offers therapeutic learning activities with animals, plants, creativity and the countryside for people recovering from poor mental health. Typically this is anxiety and depression. People are referred predominantly through job centre work coaches, community mental health teams and social prescribers. Many participants progress onto become volunteers, either within WELLIES or within other […]
Written by Andrea Kemp
“A great group of people, doing great things …” A welcoming space for all – Long Eaton Community Garden has blossomed into a vibrant, inclusive space where people of all ages and backgrounds come together to enjoy nature, to learn new skills and to build connections. We are united in creating an attractive, productive and […]
Written by Andrea Kemp
With the slogan “One day can change your whole life,” Global Wellness Day is celebrated on the second Saturday of June every year as an international day. Global Wellness Day is an entirely not-for-profit day, a social project dedicated to living well. The purpose of Global Wellness Day is to ask the question, even if […]
Written by Andrea Kemp
We’ve had a bit of a re-fresh! We have a new logo and renewed energy; to gather and act as a collective of nature-based groups and organisations in Derbyshire. We are still as passionate as ever about nature and the environment and come together to promote the benefits to health and well-being for all. You […]
Written by Kirsty Barker
National Social Prescribing Day 2023 We were huddled around the fire in Tim’s log cabin at Whispering Trees chatting before the main meeting started. Gene talked of a walking group that had recently got going in Long Eaton involving refugees staying at a local hotel. Scott made a connection with his men’s choir which gathers […]
Written by Kirsty Barker
We are working to define the system change needed to realise the potential of GSP.
